To the Editor: What Are You Doing For Others? Monday was the national MLK Day of Service and I’ve been thinking about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK means so many things to so many people. His legacy is not just a dream, but a litany of actions with many lessons to […]

The easiest and most reliable method of prediction is simply projecting social, economic, cultural and political trends downward while avoiding optimism, All the negative factors have developed in past years. Corrective forces cannot be foreseen with confidence. History shows that such forces may appear, but what they may be and how effective they may become […]

I must start by explaining my long dereliction of duty, my editor is entitled and there may be some readers who’ve missed me. I had excused myself from Christmas dinner with my kin because I had no appetite.  I tried a baked pork shop in its place. I couldn’t finish it. The day after Christmas […]

To the Editor: Each session the Maine legislature allows all senators and representatives to submit bills for consideration. It is an opportunity for our representatives to advocate for the needs of their constituents, to move economic policy for their region, influence tax policy, promote education and health care. This session the deadline for submitting bills […]

Short answer, “Yes.” Joseph Epstein’s answer: “Sort of, but…” On December 11 Epstein wrote “Is There a Doctor in the White House?” for the Wall Street Journal. He suggested that our impending “First Lady” should stop calling herself “Doctor Jill Biden.” Epstein once held the title of emeritus lecturer at Northwestern Western University. His name […]

To the Editor: As one of the longest and most challenging years of our lives draws to a close – with the promise of a vaccine offset by the gravity of staggering infection rates and devastating loss of loved ones – I would like to take a moment to reflect on the amazing resilience of […]

To the Editor:  The fight to Stop the CMP Corridor is far from over. While the first citizen initiative was ruled unconstitutional because it targeted the PUC, a part of the executive branch, we are off and running with another initiative which rightly targets the law-making legislative branch. Already 35,000 plus signatures (mostly on election […]

Maine received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine on December 14. The first priority for distribution goes to front-line medical workers and residents of long-term care facilities. There’s no particular urgency in getting the vaccine to brand new octogenarians such as your columnist. Since the average age of death for my Frary fathers over eleven […]

To the Editor: Human; There will come a day when you will miss me curling around your legs as you rise in the morning. There will come a time when you will look into the moonless sky and see me darting from pool of dark to pool of dark. You will feel me hop up […]

To the Editor: Dear RSU 73 Students, Parents and Guardians: Greetings from the members of the RSU 73 School Board. We are reaching out to share some thoughts with the members of the school community. First, we would like to express our appreciation for all of the hard work that is happening on the part […]